Excellent.

Rating: 10/10 (12 October 2013)

First off I want to start by saying that anyone who refuses to accept or challenges the concepts of mind melding and giant robots is purposely disregarding whatever story world the movie is set in.
The technology used in this movies world is fan fiction for the lovers of Mecha Anime. Gundams, Evangelions, Laganns all relied on the pilots mind as well as skill which is fully represented in Pacific Rim.
I can agree with people questioning the methods used to fight giant aliens and most people would assume large caliber weapons from distance rather than close combat but remember this is a world that invested trillions into a robot fighting force lets all pretend its a great idea...also remember it worked wonders for humanity until larger monsters started to break through.
Character progression was rather dull the pilots generally don't all agree with one another. In a Hollywood film you're stuck on rails anyways so the love interest, father figure, jerk, and clueless scientist are all present and overall done well considering they are designed to be those characters not reinventing the wheel.
The combat, Devastation and unique art style all gave this film an incredible environment. In full 1080 on a big screen surround sound you can start to think this is what a Gundam movie might look like if Americans embraced it.
Sadly most people who watch this film will be turned off by the worlds technical settings and obvious attempts to recreate Japanese anime. Fact is North Americans are not exposed to that media and are not familiar personally I found this movie to be excellent. Forget about how a robot could stay submerged with hull breaches, forget the fact that the machine can get tossed around and the nuclear core doesn't blow, hell forget about the fact that the aliens didn't just open more rifts and send the whole army.
Its an excellent experience if you want giant robots fighting giant aliens with huge explosions and flashing lights.